proportional
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Because of Israel’s proportional representation system, no party has ever won 61 seats outright to achieve a Knesset majority, meaning that the election will be followed by potentially long, drawn-out negotiations.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Israel uses a proportional representation voting system, meaning governments have always been coalitions of multiple parties.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Parties can’t begin until a resident assistant inspects the scene to ensure requirements are met—like offering a proportional amount of food if alcohol is served.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Additional plaques may not produce a proportional increase in sleep disruption.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
It was Newton who realized that the pull of any two objects is, to quote Feynman again, "proportional to the mass of each and varies inversely as the square of the distance between them."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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